How do young people feel about AI? 7 teens weigh in
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For 15-year-old Charles Ansevin, in Gates Mills, Ohio, ChatGPT is like a friend. "We've been able to have very meaningful, you know, intelligent discussions." But Dorian Prado, 16, of Forth Worth, Texas, says he's "very against AI."
"It makes it to where thinking is optional, and that should never be the case," says Prado. "You don't think, you don't learn. It's making us dumber." The arrival of generative artificial intelligence has sparked fierce debates among adults about what it should and shouldn't be used for. But what's it like to grow up and learn in the age of AI? NPR put that question to seven teenagers across the country. Tessa Klein, 18, a recent high school graduate from Oradell, N.J., says she's found AI to be helpful – it's provided useful feedback on essays and walked her through complex science concepts.
